Final Rule: Temporary Unlimited Coverage for Noninterest - Bearing Transaction Accounts

• Section 343 of the Dodd-Frank Act amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to include noninterest-bearing transaction accounts as a new temporary deposit insurance account category. All funds held in noninterest-bearing transaction accounts will be fully insured, without limit, from December 31, 2010, through December 31, 2012.
• This unlimited coverage is separate from, and in addition to, the coverage provided to depositors with other accounts held at an IDI.
• The Dodd-Frank Act provision is similar to the FDIC's Transaction Account Guarantee Program (TAGP), which expires on December 31, 2010, but defines noninterest-bearing transaction accounts as only traditional noninterest-bearing transaction accounts. Unlike the TAGP, the Dodd-Frank Act definition of noninterest-bearing transaction accounts does not include either low-interest Negotiable Order of Withdrawal (NOW) accounts or Interest on Lawyer Trust Accounts (IOLTAs).
• The final rule includes notice and disclosure requirements that IDIs must implement by December 31, 2010.

Continuation of FIL-76-2010

Distribution:
FDIC-Insured Institutions

Suggested Routing:
Chief Executive Officer
Head of Deposit and Branch Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
Training Officer

Note:
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